Re: [cc65-devel] Binary loads of overlays on various targets

[Groepaz <gr...@gm...>]

On Tuesday 28 May 2013, Oliver Schmidt wrote:
> Okay, so if the overlaydemo and multidemo programs are supposed to be
> more than a proof-of-concept then they should use cbm_load() on the
> C64 - right?

yes, generally _anything_ that accesses files should use LOAD or SAVE if 
possible.

> 
> So
> https://github.com/oliverschmidt/cc65/blob/master/cfg/c64-overlay.cfg
> https://github.com/oliverschmidt/cc65/blob/master/cfg/c128-overlay.cfg
> should define 2-byte headers for the overlay files. And as the overlay
> load address is well known at link time the headers should contain the
> correct load address so that cbm_load() can be called with NULL as
> third parameter - correct?

yes again - generally using LOAD implies a loading address and "usually" that 
address also contains the actual load address =) (it really contains the 
original address of the saved area, which may be different in complex 
situations)

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